Image analysis – Pattern recognition
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Bali, Vikkram (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
C382S103000, C382S115000, C382S118000, C382S209000, C382S224000, C345S418000, C345S419000, C345S420000, C345S473000, C345S474000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07961947
ABSTRACT:
A method of cleaning facial marker data, the method comprising: decimating frames of survey facial marker data into representative frames of key facial poses; generating a facial pose matrix using the representative frames of key facial poses; and cleaning incoming frames of facial marker data using the facial pose matrix.
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Gordon Demian
Havaldar Parag
Bali Vikkram
Lee Samuel S.
Procopia, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Sony Corporation
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
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